Guest Opinion: Anti-union economy won't erase poverty

11:00 PM,
Jan. 15, 2014

Written by

Ray Clasen

The United States has the stingiest welfare system in the developed world, but conservatives such as Rand Paul, Rush Limbaugh and their cronies never tire of claiming that it's way too generous.

Government assistance, they argue, creates a "culture of dependency" whereby welfare recipients get fat and lazy gorging at the government trough and in their indolence eschew bettering themselves through education or gainful employment. Cutting off their checks would actually help the poor, not hurt them.